Sometimes the beauty in this world is in your back yard!

[Pullstart 62,798]

I just saw this white puff flower thing... it’s at least 3-4” diameter!

 

 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,493]

Careful. Carnivorous dandelion. Known to eat small to medium size children who don’t wear shoes while riding ‘s...

 

[JAinVA 4,619]

Largest Dandelion head I ever saw .Jim I second the shoes!

[ZXT 2,401]

Now that's a friggin' Dandelion! We have them around here, but I've not seen one get over about 1" in diameter. That one takes the cake!

[Pullstart 62,798]

I can’t believe it’s just a dandelion!  I figured it was some morphed who knows what!  

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Or a freak of nature..

 

[Mickwhitt 4,593]

Pretty sure the girls were wearing safety flip flops lol

We have those wild plants over here too. I think it is western salsify but I'm no expert.

Edible roots that taste like parsnip.

 

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Garry

[Stormin 9,981]

 Kevin will have the girls harvesting them now.

[Mickwhitt 4,593]

Sometimes called field oysters but apparently you have to have a lot of imagination for that.

 

[RJ Hamner 1,007]

Is that where you dump the leftover lawn food??

[Pullstart 62,798]

31 minutes ago, RJ Hamner said:

Is that where you dump the leftover lawn food??

no, I haven’t done anything in that area but mow.  It was about a month ago, or so.

[lynnmor 7,302]

I grew salsify years ago, we called it oyster root and made oyster stew with it.  I never had a bloom like that, so maybe that is unique to the wild version.